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He was looking at Dave when he turned around, licking the salt of his fingers as he thought. "It'd just be a few small things. Engine, what all these numbers mean, what those buttons do." He tapped the glass against his back. The small panel wasn't really noticeable when they were moving, the screens blank for now. It was in that position so that it would be easily viewable by the skipper.

2015-07-22 21:03:01

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He glanced over at his fingers as he licked them, though quickly making himself look him in the eye again.

"Still essential, and I'd like to not be like a donkey looking at a palace." Dave briefly wondered how a big ship would feel like. A spanish galeon came to mind, for no particular reason. He had yet to win his sea legs yet he was already day dreaming, how very Dave-like.

2015-07-22 21:07:32

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"Nah you'd look like a peasant being offered a feast." He grinned and finished liking the salt off his fingers, nudging Dave with his foot. "I'll teach you all the names of stuff before you do anything." He rested his head back again, closing his eyes before speaking. "Do you know anything about boats? Any names of any thing at all? It'd be a good place to start."

2015-07-22 21:15:31

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"Same deal honestly" he smiled softly, nudging him back with his own foot.

When he asks about names his smile drops a little, and he knows hes about to make a fool of himself. "Hm. Thats a good question. I never needed the knowledge, so keep that in mind. I mostly know about shit you use to guide yourself, but thats also old as fuck and i learned it all when i was like 15. So I know about parts of the boat, like mast, jib, boom, keel, stern, main sail... other than that? I know you fall a lot if you try to walk while a boat is moving."

2015-07-22 21:23:40

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"At least you know the sail stuff. That's the most boring to explain." He shook his head a bit, starting to point as he spoke again. "Alright basic stuff." He pointed first left, roght, towards the front of the boat, and then to the back. "Port, starboard, bow, stern, keel's underneath us, an' its roughly three meters. This is the cockpit, the mess of junk an' electrics is the wheel an' finicky devices that navigate us around. Switchboard's inside, this shows the wind speed, ground speed, engine revs, an' engine usage." He tapped the glass next to him, lifting up the glass lif to touch first the handle there and then two buttons, first the flatter one then the one next to it. "This stops the engine, you gotta pull it all the way out, an' these two start then engine. You push this one in first for ten seconds, then this one in until the engine starts."

2015-07-22 22:04:05

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He watched as he pointed, knowing the names of most of the stuff he pointed at, though he really had been clueless about everything that involved buttons.

Even when they got to that part, he'd say he got a grasp of what things meant fairly easily. "Alright, thats pretty basic. Why do we need to know the engine stuff though?"

2015-07-22 22:09:27

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"Becuse if something fucks up we need to know what made it fuck up." He opened his eyes to look at him. "Do you wanna go for a bit of a sail? It'd just be around the island a bit. If there's wind on the other side we can get the sails out, but i was planning on doing that tomorrow. There's apparently wind tomorrow."

2015-07-22 22:23:43

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"Sure. Lets go in a bit." He smiled softly, licking whatever trace of salt was on the pads if his fingers, before wiping them to his swimming trunks.

2015-07-22 22:26:48

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"I'll haul the anchor up in a minute. This is comfortable." He shut his eyes again, relaxed and comfortable. "I'll show you how to drive. It's dead easy really. We'll only got about four or so knots. Nice an' slow."

2015-07-22 22:31:10

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He laughs softly at how relaxed he looks, noting how nice his facial features look like that. He liked it better when he smiled though, specially when he laughed.

What the hell is he thinking.

"Knots?" He asks with a raised brow. "What does that have to do with anything?"

2015-07-22 22:34:37

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"Not like knot knots. But speed knots. Its a measure of speed in watercrafts. One knot is around 1 nautical mile. So like four knots an hour is four nautical miles travveled per hour. Nine knots is quick for sloop like this, but it's a nice comfortable pace." He scratched at the base of his fin, brushing off some dried sea salt with a grimace.

2015-07-23 01:34:24

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"Oooh. Never heard of that shit before. I'm just going to skip questioning why they're called knots if you don't mind then." Specially why they didnt just use the word miles. And why were nautical miles different from regular miles? So many un-asked questions.

He just watched though, pretty sure that if Eridan was more careless, he'd fall asleep there

2015-07-23 09:16:42

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"It's something to do with how they couldn't be arsed to think up of new words to measure stuff with. They do it with measuring the depths of water too I think, only they don't call it knots, they use knots." He raised a hand to his other fin now, sighing a bit as he rubbed the dried sea salt off the bottom tine. "It's sailing logic, I don't question it."

2015-07-23 10:21:11

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"Just said I wouldnt, you were the one still talking about it." He laughs softly, nudging him with his foot "and thats fucking weird. What's with sailing and knots. Knots all over the fucking place, its like a dog sex party. Actually ew. Never mind."

2015-07-23 11:37:32

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"What the fuck Dave." He actually opened his eyes at that, looking at him in disgusted disbelief before snorting with laughter and nudging him back. "That's disgusting, don't ever say it again." He shook his head, snickering a bit at the absurdity of it as he rested his head back again and closed his eyes.

2015-07-23 11:42:31

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Dave smiled, laughing along for a while. "I was going to say 'all up in this bitch' but then I realized that made it grosser." He got up, stretching.

"just gonna get my shades, hold on." He half-groaned, still stretching, and then made his way into the cabin so that he could fetch them

2015-07-23 11:52:15

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"You're insane." He muttered, stretching his legs out in the space now free of Dave as he let his head tip back completely to rest on fibreglass top of the cabin. His eyes were closed, and the bottom curve of his horns resting on the surprisingly cool material. He was almost dozing by the time Dave came back, relaxed and comfortable and lulled by the sound of the waves on the shore.

2015-07-23 11:54:37

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He rose a brow as he saw his spot had been taken, pressing his lips together. He walked over and lifted his legs, sitting down and letting them drop back in place over his lap. "Gee man thanks for saving the spot"

2015-07-23 12:00:41

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"You moved. Therefore no longer your spot, therefore free game. You've got it back now anyway, can't complain." He merely stretched a bit, getting Dave in the gut with his ankle before relaxing with a small smile on his face. "If you have a real problem about it, which I sincerely doubt, just shove me off."

2015-07-23 12:03:36

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He huffed a little as his ankle dug into his stomach, and rose a brow. "You know what. I might have. And you know what's a better solution than throwing you off board?" He smirks, running his nail along the bottom of his feet, threatening to tickle him

2015-07-23 12:06:34

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"It will take me less than a second to lash out an' kick you in the face, the crotch, or the stomach." He said calmly, even as his foot twitched and he started to pull his legs back. "I'd rather not do that, because I happen to like your company where you don't despise me so fuck off with the tickling you four eyed fool." He was smiling though, peeking open one eye to look at him. "Are you ticklish Dave?"

2015-07-23 12:12:13

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He smiled in triumph as he retreated his feet, and at the question he shrugged. "Not particularly"

Yes he was. He was so fucking ticklish, he just hoped Eridan didn't see through him

2015-07-23 12:13:49

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"Not particularly?" He opened both eyes now, lips curling up into a smirk as he shifted a bit to look at him. He was still sprawled, and in perfect position to jab Dave in the side with his toes to see if that would garner a reaction.

2015-07-23 12:18:25

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"Yeah, as in 'no, not really' or 'nah, not much.' Or even 'bro of course not.' You know, there's a lot of variations." He really hoped that smug smirk did not mean what it

was hinting at.

2015-07-23 12:23:50

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"That's an awful lotta no's Dave." He hummed a bit, smirking wider as he stretched. The next second he was sitting up and hauling Dave close, fingers jabbing at his sides as he held him close with his other hand. Ribs were generally a ticklish pace, but also along the neck was good, so he'd try there next if he got no reaction.

2015-07-23 12:27:34